The Cast
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READ FULL BIOJosef Brown (Johnny Castle)
Josef Brown joins the US cast of Dirty Dancing having played Johnny in the record-breaking London and Australian productions. He has played the role of Johnny Castle since Dirty Dancing opened in November 2004.
Training: At the McDonald College of the Arts in Sydney and at the Australian Ballet School in Melbourne. He joined The Australian Ballet in 1991 and was promoted to Soloist in 1994. His principal roles with the company include: Onegin in Onegin, Danilo in The Merry Widow, Vronsky in Anna Karennina, Pinkerton in Madam Butterfly, Soldier/Lover in Nutcracker, Inspector in Le Concour and Lescaut in Manon. Josef also danced a wide variety of the companies contemporary repertoire including: Jardi Tancat, In the Middle Somewhat Elevated, Afternoon of the Faun, Divergence and Return to a Strange Land.Theatre: Actor/dancer/singer in the Multi-Media production, In the Body of the Son for Nomad Dance (1995), Modern Dans Topluluguu in Ankara, Turke (1996), Sydney Dance Company. John the Baptist in Salome (1998), Zeus in Mythologia (2000), the Swan Silver duet for the Federation production, Tivoli (2001) and Dorian in Shades of Gray (2004). Stephen Petronio also created the Stagger Lee duo from Underland for him. Josef has choreographed Shifted for the Sydney Dance Company’s Random Play season, Hala & Emancipate for SDCo workshop seasons, 3 + Distraction for an Australian Ballet workshop season, The Step Beyond Dreaming for the C.G. Jung society and Proclamation No.1 Darksee for Bodies 2000.
In 2002 Josef performed as an actor/dancer/singer in the GFO/SEL production of Man of La Mancha and co-devised a children's dance/movement workshop at the Sydney Opera House.
Film & TV: In 2003 Josef travelled to Palestine as the recipient of a grant awarded from the Australia Council for the Arts. His film-work Art, During Siege, shot while in Palestine, was made into a short-form documentary and was first aired on ABC TV in August 14, 2005. Josef received the 2005 Australian Dance Award for Best Performer in a Stage Musical for his performance of Johnny Castle in Dirty Dancing as well as being nominated for Best Male Dancer in the 2005 Australian Green Room Awards and Best Male Performer in the 2005 MO Awards.
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READ FULL BIOAmanda Leigh Cobb (Frances "Baby" Houseman)
Amanda Leigh Cobb was last seen on Broadway performing as understudy for the role of Nancy Stoddard in The Country Girl directed by Mike Nichols and in a variety of roles in The Coast of Utopia at Lincoln Center. Other credits include: Williamstown Theater Festival: The Front Page, The Corn is Green, Eurydice (Eurydice), The Stonewater Rapture. South Coast Repertory Theater: The Real Thing, Leitmotif. Yale Repertory Theater: The Black Dahlia (Kay Lake), The Black Monk, Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella, The Lonesome West. Eugene O'Neill Theater Center: The Importance of Being Orson, The Exchange. Milwaukee Shakespeare: Richard II. Weston Playhouse: Cyrano. Mark Goodson Prize for Distinguished Theatrical Talent (2000). Pillsbury Prize for an Actress of Excellence (2001). MFA from the Yale School of Drama. -
READ FULL BIOBritta Lazenga (Penny Johnson)
Training: Britta Lazenga received her early dance training in Pittsburgh and Minneapolis. She attended the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida, where she graduated in 2000. Ms. Lazenga was chosen as one of the first Arpino Apprentices in 2000 and joined the Joffrey Ballet as a full company member in 2001.
Theatre: While with the Joffrey Ballet, Ms. Lazenga performed principal roles in The Nutcracker (Snow Queen), White Widow (White Widow), and Untitled. Her soloist roles include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia), Light Rain, A Wedding Bouquet (Josephine), Apollo (Leto), Romeo And Juliet (Rosalind) and Waltz of the Flowers in The Nutcracker (Pansy). Ms. Lazenga is very grateful to be a part of this exciting production. She would like to thank her family and friends for their love and support. "Mom, Nate, Kevin and Beth, thank you for always believing in me. Without your love my dreams would never have reached fruition. I love you with all my heart. Thank you. Thank you."
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READ FULL BIOJohn Bolger (Dr. Jake Houseman)
Films: Black & White, Just Looking, Parting Glances. TV: The Black Donnelly’s, True Blue, Conviction, Law & Order, S.V.U., Criminal Intent, Another World, Sex and the City, NYPD Blue, Guiding Light, One Life to Live, General Hospital. Theatre: Losing Louie at M.T.C.; The Real Thing, Anthony & Cleopatra at The Old Globe; Richard III at the Hartford Stage; Safe Sex at La Mama; Light Up the Sky at The Roundabout; Lips Together Teeth Apart at George Street. Thank you Willow Cabin Theatre Co. -
READ FULL BIOMolly C. Callinan (Vivian Pressman, u/s Marjorie)
National Touring debut! Originally from MN, Molly has spent the last 5 years tearin it up as a lead singer for the all girl Chicago based rock band CATFIGHT. Other favorites: lead singer for pop/dance band ROCK CANDY, Magenta in Rocky Horror, Torreadorable in Gypsy with Patti Lupone. Gymnasia in Forum and Esmeralda in Hunchback of Notre Dame and “Rock of Ages” VH1 staged reading. -
READ FULL BIOKatlyn Carlson (Lisa Houseman)
Katlyn is thrilled to be a part of this fantastic group of artists and to be bringing Dirty Dancing to her current home, Chicago! Originally from St. Louis, Katlyn received her B.A. in English from the University of Chicago, where she performed in many University Theatre productions (such as Cabaret, The Misanthrope, The Skin of Our Teeth, Company, and Wintertime). Since graduation, Katie has been active on the Chicago theatre circuit, where here credits include: A Red Orchid Theatre (The Fastest Clock In the Universe), Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. (Buried Child, 7 Blowjobs, the Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins Festival), LiveBait Theatre (The Bird & Mr. Banks), American Theatre Company (Oklahoma!), The Goodman Theatre (U/S The Ballad of Emmett Till), several shows with the Around the Coyote Festival, and her own company, The Broken Compass (The Bloody Romantic, Mercury Fur). Regional credits: the Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis (Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth), the International Mystery Writers Festival (Chimneys- Angie Award, Best Supporting Actress). Film: My Name Is Jerry, starring Doug Jones (of Pan's Labyrinth, the Hellboy films, Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, etc.), coming in 2009. Endless thanks and love to her family and friends, and her extensive support network in Eureka, MO! Mom, Dad, Alex, the whole gang... you are everything to me.
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READ FULL BIOJoseph Costa (Mr. Shumacher, u/s Max)
A graduate of Gettysburg College (B.A.), The City University of New York (M.A.), Costa was a member of the acting companies at The Yale Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Alley Theatre in Houston and The Barter Theatre of Virginia. He has played leading roles for many American Regional Theatres including The American Repertory Theatre, The Huntington Theatre, Hartford Stage Company, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Cleveland Playhouse, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Center Stage Baltimore, The Studio Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Virginia Stage Company, The Utah Shakespearean Festival, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. For the Williamstown Theatre Festival he played “Joe Keller” in a critically acclaimed production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons that transferred to The Roundabout Theatre in New York and he played “Cleon” in Mary Zimmerman’s production of Shakespeare’s Pericles in Washington D.C. and at The Goodman Theatre in Chicago. During a ten year association with Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival he played major roles in The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Henry V, Macbeth, Titus Andronicus, Love’s Labours Lost, The Way of The World, Hamlet, and David Hare’s A Map of The World. Additionally, he has appeared in Off-Broadway productions at The Manhattan Theatre Club, The Red Bull Theatre, and Playwrights Horizons. He has acted in several films including Sidney Lumet’s Power, Off The Black, First Born, Without A Trace, and Prisoner Without A Name. A guest star on many network television programs he has acted on stage and screen opposite such noted performers as Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Al Pacino, Raul Julia, Liv Ulman, Martin Sheen, Roy Scheider, and Sigourney Weaver.
Mr. Costa has also been a guest artist and visiting professor at Brooklyn College, Boston University, Gettysburg College, and The University of Connecticut. From 1968-1971 he served in the US ARMY and is a member of Actors’ Equity. -
READ FULL BIOJonathan Epstein (Max Kellerman)
Broadway: A Meeting by the River, National Tours: Man of la Mancha. Regional: ART, Shakespeare Theatre, ATL, Intiman, Orlando Shakespeare Festival, Boston Theatreworks, Charles Playhouse. Mr. Epstein is an Associate Artist of the Berkshire Theatre Festival (Caretaker, Amadeus, Cuckoo’s Nest, Via Dolorosa, Educatig Rita) and for many years was an actor and director with Shakespeare & Company (Lear, Macbeth, Shylock, Benedick, Dogberry, Puck, Bottom...). He has twice been honored with Boston’s Elliot Norton Award. -
READ FULL BIORyan Farrell (Robbie Gould)
Ryan was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada where, at the age of 4, ice hockey skates were strapped to his feet, and didn’t come off until 17 years later when he began his journey into the theatre. After studying extensively at the renowned Company of Rogues Actors Studio in Calgary, Ryan was accepted to Circle in the Square Theatre School on Broadway in New York City where he graduated in 2005. Credits include: Truckline Cafe’ Rogues Theatre in Calgary, After The Fall, Macbeth at Circle in the Square, Otello at The New York Metropolitan Opera, Hot Black/Asian Action at The New York International Fringe Festival. Film/TV: ”All My Children” ABC, The Independent films Long Shadows, Anthology, and the upcoming feature trilogy The Medisaga. Canadian fans will know Ryan as ‘Budd Light’ from the “Keep The Good Times Going” Bud Light beer commercials which can be seen on youtube. Ryan would like to thank his family, Christianne Hirt, Joe-Norman Shaw, Renee Glicker, and the entire cast and crew of Dirty Dancing. -
READ FULL BIOKaitlin Hopkins (Marjorie Houseman)
Kaitlin Hopkins has worked extensively in theater, film, television and radio for 25 years. Some of her credits include: Broadway: How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Noises Off, Anything Goes (Lincoln Center 2002 concert). Off Broadway: The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Bare: a pop opera, Nicky Silver's Beautiful Child (The Vineyard Theatre) and Bat Boy-The Musical for which she received Drama Desk and Ovation Award nominations. Regional: The Opposite of Sex, Party Come Here (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Disney's On The Record (National tour), Shaw's The Philanderer (South Coast Repertory/Ovation nomination), She Loves Me (The Reprise Series/Ovation nomination), Present Laughter and Blithe Spirit (The Pasadena Playhouse), John Adams' opera I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw The Sky (International tour/Lincoln Center) directed by Peter Sellars. Kaitlin has recorded over 20 radio plays including: The Heidi Chronicles, Working (associate producer) and Proof with Anne Heche (LA Theater Works/NPR). Film/Television includes: Confessions of a Shopaholic, The Nanny Diaries, How To Kill Your Neighbor's Dog with Kenneth Branagh, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, Little Boy Blue,” Law and Order”,” Law and Order SVU","Six Degrees”,” Law and Order CI", "Rescue Me", "Spin City"‚ "Providence", "The Practice", "Star Trek Voyager", "Deep Space Nine", "JAG", "The Division", "Wings" and three years as Dr. Kelsey Harrison on "Another World". Kaitlin serves on the board for The William Inge Foundation and helped found The Pasadena Playhouse Outreach Program. She also served as Co-Artistic Director for The Ojai Playwright's Conference, as a panel member for The National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts and as a judge for The Irene Ryan Awards. Kaitlin coaches privately in New York and teaches master classes all over the country for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Kaitlin's directing credits include: The Boch and Harnick Revue "Beautiful, Beautiful World" (The William Inge Festival), "The Real Tobasco"(The Westport Playhouse and The Actors Studio), and "Collision Course" (The Lark Play Development Center). She is a member of the Playwright and Directors Workshop at The Actors Studio and lives in New York City with her husband actor, playwright James Price. Cast albums: Bat Boy, Bare, The Great American Trailer Park Musical and Disney’s On The Record. Her solo album Make Me Sweat is available on cdbaby.com. Visit www.kaitlinhopkins.com and www.myspace.com/kaitlinhopkinsmusic for more. -
READ FULL BIOMichael W. Howell (Tito Suarez)
Broadway: Lincoln Center, Cymbeline; Walter Kerr Grey Gardens. Off-Broadway: Hank Williams: Lost Highway, Birth of the Boom (Audelco, Helen Hayes Awards nominations). International: Broadway Songbook, six countries in South Asia. National: The Meeting, Birth of the Boom, Guys & Dolls. Regional: Resident company member at The Shakespeare Theatre for 3 years & Arena Stage for 8 years. Olney Theatre, Milwaukee Rep, San Diego Rep., Seattle Rep.& Alabama Shakespeare Festival. -
READ FULL BIOLauren Klein (Mrs. Schumacher)
Broadway: original casts of Neil Simon’s LOST IN YONKERS and Arthur Miller’s BROKEN GLASS. National tours: BROADWAY BOUND, I’M NOT RAPPAPORT. Off-Broadway: MR. GOLDWYN (opposite Alan King). Regional theatre favorites: BIG LOVE (at the Goodman), THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE, DENIAL. Television: recurring Judge in the original LAW & ORDER for a decade. Films: THEN SHE FOUND ME (directed by and starring Helen Hunt) and the upcoming MY ONE AND ONLY. Best Actress awards: Carbonell in Florida and the Connecticut Critics’ Circle Award. -
READ FULL BIOMichael Lluberes (Stan)
OFF-BROADWAY/NATIONAL TOUR: Pudd’nhead Wilson, American Dreams: Lost and Found, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew (The Acting Company). NY: The Culture Project, MTC, UCB, NY Fringe Festival. REGIONAL: The Food Chain (The Old Globe), Twelfth Night (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park/Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Man of La Mancha (Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Casa Mañana Theatre), You Can’t Take It With You (Pioneer Theatre Company), Five Course Love (Capital Repertory Theatre). TV: Chappelle’s Show, Tough Crowd (Comedy Central). WRITING/DIRECTING: The Boy in the Bathroom (New York Musical Theatre Festival), The Geranium on the Window Sill Just Died (Urban Stages) EDUCATION: North Carolina School of the Arts, Acting Company alumnus. -
READ FULL BIOGary Lynch (Moe Pressman, u/s Jake)
Gary is thrilled to originate the role of Moe Pressman for the US Premiere and Pre Broadway tour of Dirty Dancing, the classic story on stage. Gary, a two time National Broadway Award nominee for his performance in MAMMA MIA!, originated the role of Sam Carmichael for the North American Premiere of MAMMA MIA! in Toronto, the U.S. Premiere in San Francisco and the 1st National Company. During his 6 year stint on Broadway, Gary performed the role of Inspector Javert in Les Miserables. In his 30 year career, some credit highlights include: Off Broadway: Destry Rides Again- York Theatre, Goose- Musical Theatre Works, Lux In Tenebris -Lincoln Center, Let It Ride - Lambs Theatre, Lola - Lark Theatre Co. - U.S. Tour - The Fantasticks (El Gallo). Numerous Regional credits include; The Threepenny Opera (MacHeath) dir. by Tony award winner, Bartlett Sher, Reunion (The Secretary) and 1776 (John Adams). dir. Tony award winner, Ron Holgate, Little Shop of Horrors (Orin and everyone else), Olympus On My Mind (Jupiter), A Little Night Music (Carl Magnus), Rags (Saul), Guys and Dolls (Sky), Nine (Guido) , 3 Guys Naked... (Ted). and American Soup in Montova, Italy. Film: Stroker Ace, Saratoga, The Road to Broadway. He was the Co-Host of VH-1/ MTV's weekly talk show - The Whole Enchilada. An avid sports fan, Gary has performed the National Anthem at over 20 professional sports venues; including Blue Jays, Red Sox, White Sox, SF Giants, LA Dodgers, LA Clippers, Boston Celtics, Minnesota Timberwolves, LA Kings, 2008 NASCAR/ INDY Championship, Minnesota Vikings, and most recently MNF for the Chicago Bears. -
READ FULL BIOBen Mingay (Billy Kostecki)
Ben originated the role of ‘BILLY KOSTECKI’. He has performed in every English speaking production of Dirty Dancing including the World Premiere(Australian/New Zealand Tour), West End Premiere (London), North American Premiere(Toronto) and now the U.S Premiere. Ben was originally a construction worker, who wrote songs and fronted rock bands at night. He was also classically trained in Opera Voice at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Credits include: Papageno, Leporello, The Mikado, Pirate King, Berger (Hair) and roles on several Australian TV dramas. -
READ FULL BIOAdam Overett (Neil Kellerman)
Broadway and national tour: The Light in the Piazza (Fabrizio u/s and performed). Off-Broadway: Junie B. Jones (Herb). Other favorites: South Pacific with Reba McEntire at Carnegie Hall; The Full Monty (Malcolm); In Transit;world premiere of Willie B. Came Into The Sun. Composer/lyricist, BMI Musical Theatre Workshop (Harrington Award). B.A., Yale University.
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READ FULL BIOJohn Antony (Ensemble, u/s Jake, u/s Max, u/s Moe, u/s Mr. Schumacher)
Broadway & Broadway Tours: Stephen Sondheim's "Passion"; "42nd St."; "Titanic"; "Sunset Blvd"; "Annie Get Your Gun"; "High School Musical"; "Pal Joey" (Encores!). Off Broadway & Regional: "Mata Hari"; "White Christmas" (original Boston & St. Paul companies); "Songs From The Tall Grass" (Ford's Theatre world premiere); "Prairie" (with Patrick Swayze & Melissa Gilbert); "notes to Marianne"; "Aida"; "Chicago"; "Footloose"; "Sweet Charity"; "Funny Girl"; "The King And I". Los Angeles: "The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg"; "I'm Getting My Act Together..."; "Chess"; "Annie". Film & Television: "Nothing In Common" (with Tom Hanks & Jackie Gleason); "The Producers"; "Night Eyes"; "Leo & Loree"; "General Hospital"; "As The World Turns"; "Dynasty"; "Dallas"; "Fame"; "One Day At A Time"; "Joanie Loves Chachi"; "CHiPs". Cast Recordings: "Mata Hari"; "Out Of This World"; "The Wizard Of Oz In Concert"; "Breakfast At Tiffanys"; "Pal Joey". Love and thanks to the many friends from "The King And I" who helped me with this audition for "Dirty Dancing". -
READ FULL BIOJamie Bayard (Ensemble)
Credits include: United States and World West Coast Swing Champion, Latin/Ballroom Champion. Top 20 finalist "So You Think You Can Dance", General Hospital, Salsa & Musical Theatre Professor at Loyola Marymount University.
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READ FULL BIOTimothy Bish (Dance Captain, Ensemble)
Timothy Bish, originally from Pittsburgh, is honored to be in Dirty Dancing! Credits include: Broadway: Movin' Out, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Pirate Queen. Tours: Swing!. Dance Companies: Parsons Dance, Dendy Dance. Thank you to Friends, Family, NYU and the Light.
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READ FULL BIOThea Brooks (Ensemble, u/s Baby, u/s Lisa)
Thea Brooks is thrilled to make her Broadway in Chicago debut with this amazing cast. A 2007 graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, she wants to thank her parents for giving her every opportunity. This is for you, Mom and Dad! -
READ FULL BIOKaren Burthwright (Assistant Dance Captain, Ensemble)
Dirty Dancing Toronto (Mirvish Productions), The Rocky Horror Show (Canstage/MTC), Dreamgirls (Stage West Calgary), Hair (Canstage), California Dreaming (Stage West Missisauga), Hairspray (Mirvish Productions/1st National Tour), Mamma Mia! (Mirvish Productions/1st National Tour), The Nutmeg Princess (LKTYP). Thank you to God for my personal and professional blessings.
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READ FULL BIOTheresa Coombe (Ensemble, u/s Marjorie, u/s Vivian, u/s Mrs. Schumacher)
Joins Dirty Dancing from Broadway’s national tour “Chicago the Musical”. The former Miss Vancouver and NBA Grizzlies dancer and CFL BC Lions Dancer worked and trained in Ballets and Musicals across North America and overseas: Vancouver Goh Ballet, Banff School of Fine Arts, Ballet BC. Regional theatre: Damn Yankees, Little Shop of Horrors, Hello Dolly, Mame. Movies/TV: Chicago the Musical, Center Stage 2, Saving Silverman, The Goodbye Girl, Smallville, The David Letterman Show. Theresa has also appeared in many commercials and music videos including “Snoop Doggs” video, and is the former recording artist “Teresa Louise”. Thanks to my friends and family, especially mom, dad, my brother Steve and hubby Scott for all their love and support.
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READ FULL BIOE. Clayton Cornelious (Ensemble, u/s Tito)
A Pittsburgh native that comes direct from the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line. Other Broadway credits include Kat & the Kings, The Lion King, and the revival of The Music Man. National Tours: Hairspray, The Lion King, A Chorus Line, The Goodbye Girl and The Wiz. Clayton also had the privilege of portraying the role of “Sammy Davis Jr.” in The Rat Pack-Live from Vegas on the London’s West End. He’s been seen across the country in shows such as: West Side Story, Bye Bye Birdie, 42nd Street, Five Guys Named Moe, Sophisticated Ladies, A Chorus Line, Peter Pan, Joseph, R&J (The Musical), & Much Ado About Nothing at Theatres such as: Goodspeed Opera House, North Shore MT, Casa Manana, Lyric Theatre of OK, Pioneer Theatre, Sacramento Music Circus, Geva Theatre, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, and The Pittsburgh Pops Orchestra with Marvin Hamlisch. In addition to his Super-Bowl National commercial for CHEVY in 2007, his other TV/Film credits include: One Life To Live, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, The Temptations (Mini series), and the recent film, Meet Dave. Clayton attended Point Park University of Pittsburgh. He would like to thank God, family, and his friends for love and support. -
READ FULL BIOAshley Blair Fitzgerald (Ensemble, u/s Vivian)
From Baltimore, MD. Attended The Boston Conservatory. National tours: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Fosse. International Trip of Love, Fosse. Regional; Fosse (Gateway), Cats (Houston’s T.U.T.S.), Cats and Mame (M.S.M.T.), Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Sends love to her family. -
READ FULL BIOHaley Henderson-Smith (Ensemble, u/s Penny)
Haley Henderson-Smith joined the Royal Danish Ballet in 2000 where she danced many soloist and principle roles including the Lilac Fairy(Sleeping Beauty) and Palmyra(Abdallah). She also represented the Royal Ballet at American Ballet Theatre during their 2006 Metropolitan Opera House season. She met her husband Easton last year dancing with Ballet San Jose. -
READ FULL BIODarina Jeleva (Ensemble)
2000 - Performing and teaching in South Korea. 2002- Bronze Medalist Professional RS Latin Championship, Ohio Star Ball. 2003- Bronze medalist and 2006- Gold medalist- US Open Professional RS Latin Championships. 2007- Assistant Choreographer in Dancing with the Stars, Warsaw, Poland. -
READ FULL BIOTravis Kelley (Swing)
Broadway/NYC: Movin’ Out (ensemble), Showboat (ensemble). National Tour: Movin’ Out (swing/principal cover), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Ephraim). Regional: Guys and Dolls. Television: 2006 Kennedy Center Honors, Mohegan Sun commercial, Luis Miguel music video. Film: The Great Observer. -
READ FULL BIOCharles Logan (Swing, u/s Robbie, u/s Stan, u/s Moe)
Credits: Theme parks to Television and everything in between. Favorites: Comedy Central's Night of Too Many Stars, Julie Taymor's Grendel (Lincoln Center/LA Opera). Thanks to Mom and Moto for their love and support. -
READ FULL BIOLauralyn McClelland (Swing, u/s Lisa, u/s Mrs. Schumacher)
Graduate of OCU and proud member of Actor's Equity. Broadway: Grease. Tours: West Side Story, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Thanks to God, family, teachers, friends, and my FV Chris for their love and support. -
READ FULL BIOErich McMillan-McCall (Ensemble, u/s Tito)
Broadway: Tommy, Chicago. National Tours: Jelly's Last Jam, Joseph..., Dreamgirls, Sunset Boulevard. TV: “One Life to Live,” “Guiding Light,” “All My Children,” “30 Rock.” BFA Birmingham-Southern College. I've come this far by faith. -
READ FULL BIOSamuel Pergande (Ensemble, u/s Johnny, u/s Robbie)
Samuel Pergande trained with Milwaukee Ballet, Bolshoi and San Francisco Ballet. He later worked at American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet and Lyric Opera where his repertoire includes principal roles in the classics and contemporary works. He was also a cast member of “The Company” directed by Robert Altman. -
READ FULL BIOAndrew Pirozzi (Ensemble, u/s Johnny)
Andrew Pirozzi (Ensemble) is delighted to perform with the first U.S. Company of Dirty Dancing. Credits include: Movin' Out, West Side Story, Sophisticated Ladies... Andrew would like to thank his Mom, Family, Stacey, Friends and God for all thier support and love. -
READ FULL BIOSarah Skogland (Ensemble, u/s Penny)
Principal dancer (Brenda) in Twyla Tharp’s Movin’ Out, London. Ballet Hispanico NYC (Principal). Notredame de Paris. West Side Story. Print, commercials and feature films throughout N. America and Europe. Love to Mom, Marja and Billy. Special thanks to Dirty Dancing and company. -
READ FULL BIOEaston Smith (Ensemble, u/s Johnny)
Began his career dancing with Smuin Ballet/SF. He had the pleasure of performing Michael Smuin's greatest roles. Smith joins the cast after working with Sacramento Ballet and Ballet San Jose. He thanks his wife, mother, family, and best friend Jake. -
READ FULL BIOBilly Harrigan Tighe (Ensemble, u/s Neil, u/s Stan, u/s Billy)
Billy Harrigan Tighe is excited to be a part of U.S. premiere. Regional: Happy Days (Potsie), Dreamgirls, Footloose (Ren), MUNY. Concert soloist with: Vancouver, Toronto, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Detroit Symphonies. CCM Graduate. Proud Equity Member. Thanks mom and dad, family, Kristine, BRS, 06 & CCCEPA. -
READ FULL BIOAspen Vincent (Ensemble, u/s Baby)
Aspen spent her early childhood years in Alaska, and then moved to San Diego, CA where she grew up performing with the San Diego Civic Light Opera. She was home schooled in junior high while she starred in SDCLO’s production of Shazammm, an educational show that toured elementary schools in southern California. Aspen was also active in Christian Community Theater in San Diego, where she performed in countless productions. As a child Aspen also became a veteran of the recording studio, singing jingles for companies like Petco, Disneyland, American Airlines, and Burger King, and recording background vocals for Ringling Bro’s Circus and Disney on Ice productions. At 18, Aspen was chosen by Andrew Lloyd Webber to perform at his annual Sydmonton Festival held at his estate outside of London. Soon after, Aspen created and voiced the role of gossip queen Dodie Bishop on Nickelodeon’s hit animated program As Told by Ginger, helping the show earn Emmy nominations for Best 1/2 Hour Animated Program three years in a row. She has also recorded leading roles for several animated pilots for FOX and Nickelodeon and has guest starred on The Rugrats. She has done voice-over work for several CD-rom games, and can be heard voicing three different characters for the hugely popular Everquest II. Also comfortable in front of a camera, Aspen has done several national commercials, including Subway sandwiches and a superbowl commercial for AT&T. Aspen has sung the National Anthem for the LA Lakers, the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, and the San Diego Chargers, and performed in the popular vocal group Groove 66 at Disney’s California Adventure for 2 1/2 years. In 2004 Aspen was cast as the female lead, Scaramouche, in Queen’s hit stage musical We Will Rock You, and rocked audiences nightly at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas until the show closed a year and a half later. Aspen spent 2006 and 2007 travelling the globe as the lead female vocalist and duet partner of the legendary Meat Loaf on his world tour celebrating the release of Bat Out Of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose. During this tour she had the opportunity to be featured on The Today Show, The Tonight Show, The Jimmy Kimmel Show, The Megan Mullally Show, and Dancing With the Stars. Today Aspen is honored to share the Dirty Dancing stage with her amazing husband, Tony Vincent, who she married in January of ’08, after they met costarring in We Will Rock You. “Thank you Linda, Peter, Franc and Dad, the entire creative team of Dirty Dancing, David for your endless patience and encouragement in teaching this singer how to dance, and Tone- You’re my life, my love, my all...” -
READ FULL BIOTony Vincent (Ensemble, u/s Neil, u/s Billy)
Billboard magazine has written about his strong mainstream-pop potential, and his voice has been described as 'hauntingly hopeful'. With Tony Vincent's new EP, 'A Better Way', he is poised to bring his unique voice, award-winning songwriting and dramatic stage performance to a larger audience. After starting an independent record label out of his college dorm room in Nashville, Vincent used college radio to help land him his first recording contract, recording two hit albums with EMI and four full years of touring. Desiring a change of scenery that would challenge him musically, Vincent headed for New York City. The plan was to gain more experience to further his fledgling recording career. To his surprise, however, he found himself leaving the big apple almost as fast as he arrived, hitting the road once again—this time, with the national touring company of the Pulitzer Prize-winning rock opera, RENT. It was to become one of a string of musical theatre and film opportunities that were to temporarily frustrate Vincent's dream of a recording career over the next few years. 'I enjoyed the opportunity to perform live onstage 6 nights a week on Broadway and London's West End' whether it was as 'Roger Davis' (RENT), 'Judas Iscariot' (Jesus Christ Superstar) or 'Galileo Figaro' (We Will Rock You)' because it allowed me to have my days free to spend time writing songs and focusing on my own music,' says Vincent. 'That's where I found real creative freedom and could remain grounded in the reasons I moved to New York in the first place. Being in the public eye each night also gave me an opportunity to work with some of the city's really strong writers and artists.' Over the past year, Tony Vincent made a huge decision to forgo any theatre opportunities and focus on his music once again without any distractions. Hooking up with hit producer (and former college mate) Adam Anders, the two began collaborating on new creative ideas and music. Almost immediately the two knew they had something special going on. As work progressed, and Anders became more in demand to produce projects for major labels, Vincent forged additional writing partnerships, including indie-songwriter Nate Campany. 'The project really began to take shape as we wrote between my studio and Adam's. I felt like I was writing truly honest material for this project—stuff that I was proud of and that I wanted to share. I was singing in a more comfortable place, and I think that after listening to the end product, it will become obvious to the listener as well.' With the release of A Better Way, Tony Vincent is geared to fulfill what Billboard foreshadowed just a few years back and to not only wow audiences with a new kind of rock-influenced pop, but to give hope through his lyrics as well.' For additional information visit http://www.tonyvincent.com -
READ FULL BIOEmily J. Williams (Swing, u/s Penny)
Theatre credits include: My Fair Lady, Drayton Entertainment. Wicked, Ford Center For The Performing Arts. Originally from West Vancouver, Canada, Emily is a Graduate of Canada’s National Ballet School. She is thrilled to be a part of this incredible cast. “Thank you to Mom and Dad and the rest of the family for their love and support. Ian, I couldn’t do it without you. -
READ FULL BIOCandice Marie Woods (Ensemble)
Candice is a native texan and is thrilled to be apart of the National Tour of Dirty Dancing! She was last as a Dynamite in the Tony Award winning Broadway show Hairspray. Lots of love goes out to my family and friends. Thanks mom for being my foundation and my inspiration. Thanks dad for believing in me.
The Creatives
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READ FULL BIOEleanor Bergstein (Writer and Creator)
Eleanor Bergstein is a novelist, screenwriter, producer, and director. Her stories have been published in national magazines ranging from Transatlantic Review to Redbook and Cosmopolitan. Her first novel, Advancing Paul Newman, about women and politics in the sixties, was published by the Viking Press, and her first movie script was It's My Turn starring Jill Clayburgh and Michael Douglas. Her second novel, Ex-Lover, about sexual obsession, was published by Random House. She has worked on a variety of film projects, including the final script revision of Sister Act. She then wrote and directed Let It Be Me, which starred Campbell Scott, Jennifer Beals, Leslie Caron and Patrick Stewart.
Her most famous project was one of the most successful independent films of all time - Dirty Dancing. It was the unique continuing response to the story over the years that made her decide to reimagine Dirty Dancing as a stage event. The multiple viewings by audiences all over the world made her suspect that what the audiences really wanted was to be more physically involved in the story. This would mean that its natural form was live theatre - one that combined dance and story and music in a new way. It was also her chance to add new scenes not in the movie, as well as songs she had wanted for the movie and been unable to obtain.
Ms Bergstein, through her company Magic Hour Productions, is presently completing a number of film projects. She is also at work on a new stage musical set in London in the late sixties.
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READ FULL BIOJames Powell (Director)
James was an actor for twelve years and was appearing in Les Miserables at London's Palace Theatre when he was asked to take over the position of Resident Director in 1996.
Since then he has worked on a variety of productions including a couple of seasons at the West Yorkshire Playhouse as Staff Director, assisting Jude Kelly on a number of projects including the Olivier Award-winning Singin' In The Rain which transferred to the National Theatre. On returning to London he became the Resident Director on Cameron Mackintosh's production of The Witches of Eastwick at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and directed its first foreign production in Melbourne, Australia.
He returned from Australia to take on the position of Associate Director on Les Miserables and oversaw the show's move from its home of many years, the Palace Theatre to the Queen's Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue. He recently directed a concert version of Les Miserables in Scandinavia and a full scale production in Berlin.
Whilst maintaining his position as Associate Director on Les Miserables, James also worked on Cameron's new presentation - Mary Poppins - originally in Bristol and then in London's West End and on Broadway. He is currently Associate Director on the London production and will be directing the first UK Tour in 2008.
James was delighted to renew his association with the Jacobsen Entertainment Group on their production of Dirty Dancing in London's West End, a partnership that has now brought him to Toronto and Utrecht and will soon be taking him to direct the production in America.
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READ FULL BIOKate Champion (Choreographer)
Kate is a choreographer, director and teacher. She has worked for arts companies and institutes including Company B Belvoir, One Extra Co, Sydney Theatre Company, The Song Company, Legs on the Wall, NIDA, Australian Theatre for Young People, The English National Opera, Dance North, Theatre of Image, Dance Exchange, Tantrum Theatre, Vitalstatistix, The Australian Dance Theatre and DV8 Physical Theatre.
She is the Artistic Director of Force Majeure a dance-theatre company based in Sydney. In 1985, with a grant from the Australia Council, she went to New York to study. Returning to Australia she became a founding member of Dance North in Townsville before moving to Adelaide to become part of Australian Dance Theatre.
In 1987 Kate choreographed Neil Armfield's production of Frankie for Adelaide's Come Out Festival.
In 1992 she travelled to London, working with DV8 Physical Theatre as production assistant and then performer on Strange Fish both stage and BBC film versions. In 1996, Kate was the recipient of Arts NSW's Robert Helpmann Scholarship for choreographic excellence. That same year, with assistance from Performing Lines, she created and performed her solo work Face Value, which toured Australia two years later. This production earned her a 1998 Green Room Award and a MO Award.
In 1997, she choreographed Neil Armfield's internationally acclaimed production of Cloudstreet, and directed and devised Under the Influence for Legs on the Wall, which premiered at Belvoir Street and toured internationally to the Edinburgh Fringe and Riverside Studios, London. The following year she re-joined DV8 as rehearsal director on a European tour of Enter Achilles and collaborator and performer on The Happiest Day Of My Life. In 2000 she worked for the DV8/Olympic Arts Festival production of The Cost of Living.
In June 2001, the Sydney Opera House commissioned the premier of a new solo show called About Face. In 2002 the Sydney and Melbourne Festivals co-commissioned Same, Same But Different, the first performance by the newly created company Force Majeure. The highly acclaimed production was a sell-out success and won a 2002 Helpmann Award for Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production. That year, Kate also won the Helpmann Award for Best Female Dancer for About Face.
In 2003, Kate performed her two solo shows About Face and Face Value together in a combined program called face2face, which toured to Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne.
Kate choreographed the world premiere of Dirty Dancing which opened in Sydney November 04. She was also the choreographer on Cate Shortland's award-winning feature film Somersault.
Kate recently directed Force Majeure's second major work Already Elsewhere at the Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House for the Sydney Festival as well as Tenebrae - Part 1 and 2 in collaboration with the Song Company at the Sydney Town Hall.
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READ FULL BIOStephen Brimson Lewis (Set Design)
Theatre credits include: the set for Dirty Dancing (Hamburg, Toronto, Utrecht, Utrecht, USA tour).
He is the Artistic Director of Force Majeure a dance-theatre company based in Sydney. In 1985, with a grant from the Australia Council, he went to New York to study. Returning to Australia he became a founding member of Dance North in Townsville before moving to Adelaide to become part of Australian Dance Theatre.
He has just designed the set and costumes for Stephen Fry's new version of Cinderella at the Old Vic Theatre over Christmas and in the West End he has designed set and costumes for Design for Living (Olivier Award for his set design), Becket, Arsenic and Old Lace and Mahler's Conversion, as well as the costumes for Acorn Antiques. On Broadway, he received Drama Desk and Tony Award nominations for his designs for Indiscretions and for its National Theatre production as Les Parents Terribles he won an Olivier Award for set design, with nomination for costumes. Other National Theatre productions include A Little Night Music, Rose, Marat/Sade, Private Lives, Inadmissible Evidence, Once in a While the Odd Thing Happens and Uncle Vanya.
He also designed Arcadia (Bristol Old Vic/Birmingham Rep), A Chorus Line, High Society (Sheffield Crucible), The Illusion, Dreaming (Royal Exchange) and Julius Caesar (Young Vic/Tokyo Globe). Most recently he has worked extensively with the RSC including the sets for Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar and All's Well That Ends Well and set and costumes for Merry Wives: the Musical, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello, Believe What You Will, The Taming of the Shrew, Tamer Tamed, Timon of Athens, Macbeth, King John and Much Ado About Nothing (Evening Standard Award nomination). He has also designed for Staatsoper Berlin, Sydney Opera House, Royal Opera House, Vienna State Opera, Monte Carlo Opera and was Production Designer on Bent (Film Four) and Macbeth (RSC/Ch4).
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READ FULL BIOConrad Helfrich (Music Supervisor)
Conrad commenced working on Dirty Dancing in Australia as Musical Director in June, 2004. He conducted and/or supervised every performance in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Auckland seasons. He also co-wrote the vocal and band arrangements and wrote several pieces of original music for the production in collaboration with the creative team.
Since the ground-breaking Australian season, Conrad has been engaged to work as Music Supervisor for all international productions including Hamburg (March 2006), London (October 2006) the North American premiere production in Toronto (October 2007) and soon to include Utrecht (2008) and Chicago (2008).
He has produced the original cast albums for productions of Dirty Dancing in Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom.
Prior to embarking on an international career with Dirty Dancing, Conrad was engaged as Musical Director for the Australian production of The Full Monty (2003) and prior to that as Musical Director for the Australian and South-East Asian tours of Singin' in the Rain and Musical Supervisor for the Australian national tour of The Man from Snowy River throughout 2001 and 2002. He produced the cast album for The Man from Snowy River which won the ARIA award in 2002 as best cast album and he was also awarded the Green Room Award as Best Musical Director for his work on that production. The previous year he received a nomination in the same category for his work on Singin' in the Rain. In addition to working on the Australian national production of Sweet Charity as Musical Director (further Green Room Nomination 2000) he also had the great privilege of providing additional vocal, dance and orchestral arrangements for that production in conjunction with the composer the late Cy Coleman.
Other major productions in Australia as Musical Director include Jolson in 1999/2000 for which he also received a nomination for a Green Room Award as Best Musical Director, Me and My Girl (1994-1996) throughout Australia and New Zealand, The New Rocky Horror Show (1992), Blues in the Night (1991), Nine (1987-1988) throughout Australia and Me and My Girl (1986). His production of the Australian cast album for Nine received the ARIA award for best cast album in 1988. Other productions in Australia as Musical Director and Arranger include Songbook (1984) at the Stage Door Dinner Theatre, As You Like It for Melbourne Theatre Company (1984) and as Associate Musical Director and Deputy Conductor his credits include La Cage aux Folles and Me and My Girl for J.C. Williamsons (1985 and 1986).
For fourteen years leading up to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games he managed a production company specialising in the creation of children's theatre for international companies such as Warner Bros., Turner Entertainment, Village Roadshow as well as the Sydney Organizing Committee for the 2000 Olympic Games. Together with his wife Penelope Richards he created over eighty original productions and appearance formats and provided employment to hundreds of artists and performers throughout Australia and South-East Asia. In 1994 this programme of entertainment received the MAXI award in the United States as the best entertainment of its kind staged in the Asia Pacific region.
Conrad is indebted to Eleanor Bergstein, Kevin Jacobsen, Col Joye and Amber Jacobsen for the faith, trust and confidence they have invested in him throughout this most exciting of journeys.
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READ FULL BIOTim Mitchell (Lighting Design)
International Theatre productions include: Dirty Dancing (Toronto, Hamburg, Utrecht, USA tour); Sleeping Beauty (New York, Barbican, Young Vic), Henry IV Parts I & II (Washington Shakespeare Theatre, for which Tim received a Helen Hayes Award nomination); The Play What I Wrote (Broadway/West End); Noises Off (Broadway/West End/National) and Pajama Game (West End/Toronto). Other West End productions include Stephen Fry's new version of Cinderella at the Old Vic over Christmas and Bad Girls The Musical, Otherwise Engaged, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, Of Mice and Men, Sweet Panic as well as Big White Fog, The Lightning Play, Enemies, Blood Wedding, Whistling Psyche, Brighton Rock (Almeida); Hamlet (Japan/Sadlers Wells); A Lie of the Mind, Merrily We Roll Along (Donmar) and The Snowman (Sadler's Wells). He has worked extensively in regional theatres, most recently on Jonathan Miller's The Cherry Orchard (Sheffield Crucible), John Doyle's Merrily We Roll Along (Watermill) and Alice in Wonderland and Hapgood (West Yorkshire Playhouse and Birmingham Rep).
For the RSC he is lighting Hamlet, starring David Tennant, Love's Labours Lost and A Midsummer Night's Dream in their 2008 season and other productions with them include Henry IV Parts I and II for which he received an Olivier Award nomination, and Merry Wives the Musical, Coriolanus, Women Beware Women, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear, Othello, A Comedy of Errors, The Taming of The Shrew, Antony and Cleopatra, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, Measure for Measure and Richard III, most of which have also transferred to the West End, Japan or Washington.
Opera work includes productions for WNO, Icelandic Opera, Kammeroper Vienna, Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, and Dance includes productions for the ROH Linbury Studio, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Mariinsky Theatre Russia and Northern Ballet Theatre's Hamlet touring the UK in 2008.
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READ FULL BIOBobby Aitken (Sound Design)
Bobby has been involved with theatre sound for over 20 years, designing sound for productions in the UK and around the world.
Theatre work includes: Desperately Seeking Susan (The Novello Theatre); Grease (The Piccadilly Theatre); My Fair Lady (Denmark); Dirty Dancing (London & Toronto); Showboat (The Royal Albert Hall); Lennon (Broadway); Cyberjam (Queen's Theatre); We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre, London, Australia, Spain, Germany, Moscow and Las Vegas). Mamma Mia! (London, Broadway and twelve other productions worldwide); Blast! (London, USA); Grease (Dominion Theatre, London and UK tours); Return To the Forbidden Planet (Cambridge Theatre, London, USA, Japan and Australia); Five Guys Named Moe (Albery Theatre and tours); Which Witch?, Metropolis (Piccadilly Theatre); Pete Townsend's The Iron Man, In the Midnight Hour (Young Vic); High Society (Victoria Palace Theatre); Time (Dominion Theatre); A Saint She Ain't (Apollo Theatre); The Best of Times (Vaudeville Theatre); Soul Train (tour); From A Jack To A King (Ambassador's Theatre and tours); Sweeney Todd (Israeli National Opera); Bitter Sweet (Sadler's Wells Opera); Children of Eden (Prince Edward Theatre); The Fix (Donmar Warehouse); The Beggar's Opera, Bartholomew Fair (Royal Shakespeare Company). Regional work in the UK includes productions at Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Derby Playhouse, Sheffield Crucible, Manchester Royal Exchange, Palace Theatre, Watford and Leicester Haymarket.
Opera: For the past few years, Bobby has been working to create techniques to deliver credible sound reinforcement for large scale, in-the-round opera production. Credits include: Carmen, Madame Butterfly, Aida, "Cav and Pag", Tosca, Aida and La Boheme (Royal Albert Hall). Bobby's design for the Australian production of We Will Rock You won him the 2005 Helpman Award for "Best Sound Design".
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READ FULL BIOJennifer Irwin (Costume Design)
Australian Costume designer Jennifer Irwin's career spans 30 years designing costumes for Opera, Drama, Film and in particular Dance and Ballet. Jennifer designs regularly for all of the major Australian companies.
Her dance credits include 28 works for Graeme Murphy's Sydney Dance Company, 7 commissions for the Australian Ballet, 11 works for the Bangarra Dance Theatre, The West Australian Ballet & the Royal New Zealand Ballet.
Choreographers include: Jorma Notinen, Staunton Welch, Adrian Burnett, Gideon Obarzanek & Stephen Page. These commissions have been staged on all continents in over 50 countries (including performances in the City Centre, New York, The Kennedy Centre, Washington & the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden).
In 2000 Jennifer designed over 25,000 costumes for the 'awakening' segment of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Opening Ceremony, co-designed all the costumes for the Olympic closing ceremony and the official ceremony for the Federation of Australia.
Film credits include: The Matrix, Mission Impossible II, Red Planet, Looking for Natalie Wood, Romeo & Juliet (Opera Australia), Stuff Happens, My Zinc Bed, The Laramie Project (Belvoir), Soulmate, Up for Grabs, Cyrano De Bergerac (Sydney Theatre Co).
In 1984 was awarded a theatre board grant to study at La Scala Opera, Milan.
Jennifer designed the costumes for the world premiere of Dirty Dancing in Australia in 2004.
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READ FULL BIOJon Driscoll (Video & Projection Design)
Jon studied Cinematography at the National Film and Television School Beaconsfield and Theatre Design at Croydon College of Art.
Theatre includes: Frost Nixon (Donmar and Gielgud Theatres London, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Broadway); A Matter of Life and Death and The Reporter (National Theatre); Midnight's Children (Royal Shakespeare Company); The Lightning Play and Whistling Psyche (Almeida Theatre Islington); On the Third Day (New Ambassadors London); The Year of the Hiker (Druid Theatre Galway); A Whistle in the Dark (Manchester Royal Exchange); Fabulation, Bloody Sunday (Tricycle Theatre Kilburn); Jerry Springer The Opera (Cambridge Theatre London & UK tour); Our House (Cambridge Theatre London); Heroes and Up for Grabs (Wyndham's Theatre London); Life After George (Duchess Theatre London); When Harry Met Sally (Theatre Royal Haymarket London); Eurydice (Whitehall Theatre London); Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace London); Dance of Death (Lyric London and Theatre Royal Sydney); Glorious (Birmingham Rep and Duchess Theatre London); Some Girls are Bigger Than Others (Lyric Hammersmith & UK Tour); The Ha'penny Bridge (The Point Dublin and Cork Opera House); Rebecca (UK Tour); Darwin in Malibu (Hampstead Theatre); Queen's English, Country Wife (Watford Palace Theatre); Terminatrix (National Theatre Studio); God and Stephen Hawking (UK Tour); Lady Into Fox (UK Tour); Godspell (UK Tour).
Opera includes: L'Elisir d'Amore and The Magic Flute (Grange Park Opera); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Royal Opera House); Genoveva (Opera North); Orfeo (Kent Opera).
Dance includes: Arthur Parts I & II (Birmingham Royal Ballet); The Pulse of Tala (Angika); Trips to Ecstasy, The Labyrinth, The Dreamforest and The Spirits (Tripsichore).
Film and Television Credits as Director of Photography include: Acts of Kindness, Last Rumba in Rochdale, I Love Dagenham, Dim Sum - A Little Bit of Heart, Revelations, Natascha Sohl - Forgive Me, Reactor - Feeling the Love.
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READ FULL BIOCraig Wilson (Ballroom & Latin Choreographer)
Craig Wilson has been teaching Latin American and Modern Ballroom for the past 16 years. Whilst competing in professional ranks he trained extensively in the United Kingdom and Norway for 10 years under several of the worlds most respected dance teachers and choreographers. Craig is based in Sydney but travels extensively throughout Australia and Asia coaching and conducting workshops with couples active in Dancesport. The highlight of Craig's competitive career was finishing 5th in The Professional World 10 Dance Championships, Holland 1992. Craig's involvement with the stage production of Dirty Dancing began in Sydney in July 2004 and has been a wonderful and enriching experience. He is inspired by this exceptional cast who have embraced the beauty and intimacy of dance.
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READ FULL BIODavid Scotchford (Associate Choreographer)
David trained as a dancer, singer and actor in Australia. He has worked professionally in Australia and abroad for over 15 years appearing in numerous musical theatre, television and film productions.
Theatre: Dirty Dancing (Australian Production); Singin' In The Rain; Fame; Sisterella; Sweet Charity; Me and My Girl; Pirates of Penzance; The Mikado.
Film and TV: Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England; The Midday Show; Kylie Minogue's Intimate and Live Concert (featured dancer, Australia and London tour); Scooby Doo; Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge.
David was also the original Dance Captain in the World Premiere production of Dirty Dancing, which toured Australia. Since then, he has continued to work on Dirty Dancing around the world: the European Premiere of Dirty Dancing in Hamburg, Germany, as Assistant Choreographer; the West End premiere of Dirty Dancing as Choreographic Associate; and as the Associate Choreographer on the re-cast London production.
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